Getting around to stuff

Yesterday I spent a good chunk of the afternoon really cleaning our bedroom. It was kind of... not clean. J. was a little concerned a spider might wrap me in a web while I was reading, so it seemed perhaps it was time to do something about it. I don't enjoy cleaning (I'd much rather read or sew or spin or weave or spend time with the horses or practically anything), but I'll admit that it is nice to have a clean and orderly room again. Because along with the cleaning comes the dealing with the piles of stuff that get set down places since it is hard to dust around them. One of those piles was the set of paintings I bought from China a few months ago as well as the nativity paintings by H., K., and Y. All of this was sitting on my desk waiting for the day when I would finally get around to getting frames for them.

Today was the day since I didn't want them to languish on my desk for yet more months. J. went with me and we managed to hit a sale on frames which made the process a little less painful. It feels very good to have it done. The nativity paintings I put together in one large floating frame since they were all odd enough sizes that it was proving hard to find a frame for each of them. It works, but you can't see it since I had it go upstairs to the Christmas decorations right away. You can see the four Chinese paintings though.



I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's funny when I look at the photos because the wall color in the hallway looks cool and sophisticated. Sadly, in real life it looks dull and unappealing. The paint in most of the first floor really needs to have something done with it. Part of the problem is that I'm still not entirely sure what that should be. The rooms are not clearly delineated between rooms which makes choosing paint color somewhat challenging. Y. is exceptionally happy because she helped me choose which paintings to get and she loves being able to look at them.

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